Question

How do you add two polynomials if they don't have like terms?

Answer 1

You can't. If there are no like terms, you have simply to joint the two pplynomials.

E.G.:

`x^5-7x^3+5x`
`x^7-2x^2+5`

Their sum is:

`x^7+x^5-7x^3-2x^2+5x+5`.